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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Shambhu Maharaj<br />
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| birth_date = 1910<br />
| birth_place = [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|11|4|1910|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
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| occupation = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]] dancer<br />
| years_active = 1952–1970<br />
| known_for = [[Padma Shri]], Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship<br />
| relatives = [[Lachhu Maharaj]] (brother)<br />
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Pand '''Shambhu Maharaj''' (1910 – 4 November 1970) was a Guru of the Lucknow ''Gharana'' (school) of the Indian classical dance form, [[Kathak]].<ref>[[#Po|Banerji, p. 82]]</ref><br />
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==Early life and training==<br />
Shambhu Maharaj was born in [[Lucknow]] as Shambhunath Mishra. He was the youngest son of Kalka Prasad Maharaj who was at the court of the [[Nawab of Awadh]] [[Wajid Ali Shah]]. Kalka Prasad's father was Thakur Prasad was known to have taught the intricacies of Kathak to the Nawab. While reporting Shambhu's death in 1970, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "The Kathak, as we know it today, can be wholly traced to this dilettante's patronage and the body of work written at his court for this mode of dance."<ref name="death">{{cite news|title=Kathak 'King' Shambhu Maharaj Dead|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19701105&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=13 February 2018|agency=Press Trust of India|publisher=The Indian Express|date=5 November 1970|page=9}}</ref> Shambhu received his training from his father, uncle [[Bindadin Maharaj]] and his eldest brother [[Achchan Maharaj]]. Dancer [[Lacchu Maharaj]] was also another his older brothers. He learned [[Hindustani classical music]] from Ustad Rahimuddin Khan.<br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1952, he joined the Bharatiya Kala Kendra (later, [[Kathak Kendra]]), New Delhi. He became the head of the Dance (Kathak) department. He was honoured with the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 1967 and the [[Padmashri]] in 1956.<br />
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==Personal==<br />
He had two sons, Krishnamohan and Rammohan and a daughter, Rameshwari. Amongst his pupils, the most noted exponents of Kathak are his nephew [[Birju Maharaj]], [[Kumudini Lakhia]], [[Damayanti Joshi]], [[Maya Rao]], Bharati Gupta, [[Uma Sharma]], [[Vibha Dadheech]] and Rina Singha.<ref>Singha, R. and Massey R. (1967) ''Indian Dances, Their History and Growth'', Faber and Faber, London, p.232</ref><ref name=mint>{{cite web | title = How Kathak breached the north-south divide|author=Shoba Narayan |publisher= [[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/hPoqKRykCDhyxQHaXCT19N/How-Kathak-breached-the-northsouth-divide.html |date=26 July 2014|access-date = 2014-07-26 }}</ref> His son Rammohan was also his disciple and continues to perform his style.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dance Review: Nritya Sangam |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/56837/music-dance-reviews.html |newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=10 March 2010 }}</ref> Shambhu was treated for [[Oropharyngeal cancer|throat cancer]] at the [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences]] in [[New Delhi]] for three months before he died on 4 November 1970 there.<ref name="death"/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book |title=Dance in thumri|last=Banerji |first=Projesh |year=1986 |publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=81-7017-212-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lsuhSiITjU8C&q=shambhu+maharaj&pg=RA1-PA82 }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.narthaki.com/info/tdhc/tdhc2.html Kathak Samraat Shambhu Maharaj (Profile)]<br />
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